getting ready to mow

[Soundguy]

Yep EJ.. scott naile dit. The chains hook from the outside of the lift arm to a bracket under the axle.. 1 set for each side.. keeps the implement out of the tires. Mine -do=- have the turn buckles. Most fords also have some sway chains ont he inside of the arms to the diffy.. but those just keep the arms out of the tires.. implement could still touch.. that's what the extra outside sway chains are for ( older units also used sway bars.. .. same function.. just pinned on. Sway bars went out as they tended to bend if hooked up or used wrong.. also some implement manufacturers do not adhere 100% to the implement sizing, making the sway bars hard to hook up if the implement lower pins are not withing about 1/2" of where they should be... )

Soundguy

 

[ejtaylor822]

Hey Scott and Soundguy,
Thanks. Got it now. It's just as the name implies. I actually have a couple of hooks, believe they were referred to as turnbuckles, right above the drawbar. Now I understand how/what they are used for.

Had read a post where someone was talking about using a chain to limit the travel - vertical - to control the height like for a box blade. I thought they were referring to the hooks/turnbuckles. I just did not see any way of doing this as the turnbuckles on mine are actually level or just slightly higher than the arms. Did not see a way this could be done.

Anyway, thanks again for the education - this is handy information.

Eddie

 

[Soundguy]

Some tractors with no position control on the 3pt only have draft control.. examples are the ford 9n/2n and ferguson tractors. on those, the lift arms can and will move up and down as load on the toplink changes.. if you are mowing this makes you mower Bob up and down.. not a good deal. People came up with limit chains. You have a bracket or hooks at the toplink, and then run a chain down to the implement pin and lift the 3pt, and then hook the free end of the chain into the bracket/hook, then relax the 3pt. The implement is now held by the 2 limit chains and not the hyds.. This is also a good safety for 'roading' implements and now relying on hyds to keep your implement off the asphalt...

Soundguy